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Dorothy Mecom 1933 - 1990

Dorothy Mecom was born on October 25, 1933, and died at age 56 years old on March 8, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dorothy Mecom.
Dorothy Mecom
October 25, 1933
March 8, 1990
Female
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Dorothy Mecom's History: 1933 - 1990

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  • 10/25
    1933

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    October 25, 1933
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  • 03/8
    1990

    Death

    March 8, 1990
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    Dorothy Mecom lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.
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In 1933, in the year that Dorothy Mecom was born, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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In 1950, Dorothy was 17 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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